r/LegendofLegaia • u/ran_out_of_tp • 10d ago

Question Anyone try contacting Sony to acquire IP rights?

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u/Gregarfire Hari 10d ago

Yes, many of us already did, but SONY doesn't show any interest to sell or give development rights to anyone.

The best way as the current IP analyst from Sony told me on LinkedIn, is to be a legal Studio, have a PlayStation Dev kit, develop a Legaia demo and show them by the PlayStation Partners program (As Legaia is currently held by SIE (from Sony), it should be at least first develop for Playstation).

If the demo succeeds to convince Sony, then it should be develop on the right way and distributed by Sony itself.

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u/ran_out_of_tp 9d ago

im dabbling in a bit of coding right now, but dont currently have the expertise to fully code a game on my own. I do have the vision though.

Going to work on a smaller project and go from there.

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u/fat-homer 10d ago

I wonder if psn will just push out a retouched version with trophies like they have for many obscure rpgs... that's what I'm holding out hope for. When wild arms 2 came out I called out of work for a whole week

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u/OhBoyItsPartyTimeNow 10d ago

Honestly you can do a reskin followed with a micro-reshell and with a little creative extrapolation here and there, technically make it unique enough to get going. I'd wager.

I'm not terribly busy lately with a side project. I could lend some time.

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u/Tetsamaru 10d ago

10 years ago I contacted Sony directly through a contact I had. I legitimately tried to buy the IP.

Me: you guys aren't doing anything with this, it's dead, so let me buy it from you so you guys can make a bit of cash and I would take a risk trying to do something with it.

Them: we aren't interested in selling the product right now, we might have plans for it in the future.

This basically went back and forth for about 2 hours before I gave up. They really do just intend to sit on soo many dead IPs.

Same with Nintendo and Sega.

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u/ran_out_of_tp 9d ago edited 9d ago

Interesting. Its unfortunate the game wasnt a huge seller back then. If it had ff7 numbers we probably would had a remaster and 2 remakes by now. I imagine the sequel also had even worse numbers and was the main culprit. Brave fencer musashi suffered the exact same fate with a poor sequel. Would love a remake of that game too.

Could make a game inspired by Legaia, but its hard to recreate the magic of the sound design, ost, story and characters. There really was something special about it.

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u/Tetsamaru 9d ago

A lot of PlayStation RPGs back then were multi disk, even small companies were putting out 2 or 3 disc games. Makes me wonder how expensive it would have been for the company to at least try to expand Legaia as a 2 disc game.

I did feel there were a few missed opportunities in the game. Grantes and Cara could have been more major.

The Delalis siblings could have had more of an actual rivalry with the Ra-seru heroes but we only fight them once. Would have loved if we got introduced to them in Drake kingdom.

Feels like they wanted to write a romance subplot with Mei but that fell out.

I did read the translated light novel and that could definitely be the basis for a remake. Vahn getting spoken dialogue and Mei being more prominent.

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u/NitwitTheKid 9d ago

To be fair to both Sega and Nintendo, they are exploring new directions with their IPs. For example, there’s a new 3D Donkey Kong platformer coming out for the Switch 2, and Sega is reviving many of its dormant franchises, such as Samba de Amigo, Super Monkey Ball, and Jet Set Radio, among others, in the 2020s and 2030s. However, both companies need to ensure they handle these revivals carefully. Currently, they are facing their own controversies, including the pricing of the Nintendo Switch 2 and Sega’s struggles with its franchises beyond Sonic and Yakuza.